The marginal and low-income groups face a number of obstacles in their quest to
secure housing finance to improve their living conditions. South Africa has a sophisticated and effective finance system. However, it appears ...

Information regarding the nutritional value of wild food plants in Africa and current information varies from source to source. Prior to commercialization of wild foods the nutritional, ethnobotanical, medical, chemical, ...

The effectiveness of probiotics Lactobacillus bulgarius and Streptococcus salivarius as biocontrol agents against Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 7644 in fresh tomato throughout storage and their effect on the physicochemical ...

The continual growth of the global biodiesel industry has resulted in a
proportional increase in crude glycerol production. The by-production of
glycerol waste during the manufacture of biodiesel has, with recent ...

Glycerol, a non-biodegradable by-product during biodiesel production is a major concern to the emerging biodiesel industry. Many microbes in natural environments have the ability to utilize glycerol as a sole carbon and ...

In the present study, a microalgae (Chlorella sp.) isolated from wastewater pond has been studied in both photoautotrophic and heterotrophic growth conditions in bioreactor to evaluate the cell growth rate and lipid ...

Riboflavin (vitamin B2), an essential water-soluble vitamin is commercially produced because it cannot be synthesized by vertebrates. Although this vitamin is produced chemically, bioproduction is a better option since it ...

The biosynthesis of NPs has many advantages over the tedious, expensive and toxic
physical and chemical methods of synthesis. Plants are stocked with valuable metabolites
that are capable of reducing metal salts to form ...

The degree to which people are facing revolutionary technological changes in the near future is matched only by the degree of inertia evinced by educational institutions, particularly tertiary institutions. Even when such ...

The present paper describes an optimized Box-Behnken design using a catalytic-differential pulse polarograhic technique for the simultaneous determination of chromium (III) and (VI) in wastewater samples using ammonium ...

In this study I demonstrate the extent to which I have achieved my original goals to ‘break the silence, address confusion and challenge denial around HIV and AIDS’. As the study progressed I could not ignore the stigma ...

The aim of this research project was to study the basic understanding the decision makers of construction companies in KwaZulu-Natal had of the Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) initiative. This initiative has ...

Accurate estimates of the orthotropic properties of nano-materials are usually not available due to the difficulties in making measurements at nano-scale. However the values of the elastic constants may be known with some ...

One of the major problems facing SMME’s in the South African clothing industry is the surge of clothing imported particularly from China, which negatively impacts on the ability of local firms to survive in business. Despite ...

Insolvency maybe broadly defined as an inability of business entity to meet pending financial commitments. For a construction firm, such a situation creates conditions whereby a business entity is unable to fulfill its ...

In the context of a rapidly evolving discipline almost completely dominated by digital technology, this paper revisits the long-standing debate on the value of general education in higher education in which professional ...

Neck pain is a common complaint and a common source of disability in the general
population with a point prevalence of nearly 13%. Reports indicate that industry related
neck disorders (lifetime incidence of nearly 50%) ...

Introduction: Cervical cancer is a serious public health problem in South Africa. Even though the screening is free in health facilities in South Africa, the Pap smear uptake is very low. The objective of the study is to ...

EThekwini Municipality in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa has a high prevalence of Tuberculosis (TB) and reported a defaulter rate of 18.9% in 2007, in spite of the Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) which was ...

The study examined the working environment of road organizations in Tanzania mainland implementing gravel road management system. These road organizations falls into two categories, namely those managing district roads ...